I found this architectural magic work in the baroque town of Noto during my trip to Sicily in April 2017.
Noto is still a real insider tip, a quiet, idyllic town with many baroque-style buildings worth seeing. Before the small town advanced to become a World Heritage Site, Noto was largely unknown. Since then, the greats of art and entertainment have increasingly discovered the pretty town.
Even the approach is an experience, through shady avenues of citrus trees, olive groves and almond trees you reach the town of Noto, situated on a gentle slope.
After an earthquake razed Noto to the ground in 1693, the town was rebuilt in beautiful Baroque style. A few ruins on the Alveria hill still remind us of the place before the earthquake.
In 2012, the towns of Val di Noto were declared a World Heritage Site of Humanity by Unesco.
It is very pleasant to walk through the cosy streets with the honey-coloured façades of churches, monasteries and noble palaces of the nobility. The gaze is automatically drawn upwards to the decorations and statues, the bulbous balconies with wrought-iron grilles and the majestic façades.
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Silva Wischeropp was born in the Hanseatic city of Wismar in the former GDR. Today she lives and works in Berlin. As a passionate travel..
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